Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-12-30
JOHN HALLETsSECR

*'it :pGtui. Scl not we'll choutsn 10 go tc
Tho city as usual; and thankful that III
had s,hrcwd. sensible son. both able
ami willing to take his place.
Hearv threw himself into the breach
manfnllY. and had even slept in town To-
several nights. that he might sit later al
his hooks, and begin earlier.
The mother would have preferred e.
stay a,ti watch for her boys coming bu
MIR. hallct was calling. and sho went e.
him. He was surveying doomc,.
honnvsuckic.
I'VE planted it tho year Henry was
borri." no reminded his wife. Il sup
pose YOU think that would be Il reason
iu' '': I'M: it stand?"
ii,.lct smiled as she replied
yhr; IL is not l who give away
'.:i1rt."
Is were no sooner spoken than
she had not uttered tham. for
attracted her husbands brow.
sd his cy,, inyOluhtarily io
@.Ht 'plc OF Windows were neatly.
W iie passion flower.
room those windows chou,G
'.1. ::ted. John Huilcts f,.li-r hac
g" closing years OF his life. A.
r''' rendcrcd him incapable OF lea
j. ':'icn hc expired, Ills wife soon
i'!. 40 tiip to the grave.
!ri.. 10 lay Of tho funeral not ::
c;,n:lrr va. allowed 20 enter this room
i,i ,! l.i.,ieIh. the ,rusly Gcr;nnn VITO
!t.." Dg;.l'..i INTO tho household OF IL,
Eiuii'',. ~ li"r youth.
IN -ii....i nom the children procaimc;f
iir;i :: .'',y had come.
.iA ust lool; was fer his; no;:,..
Ar ';..l.;td satisfied herself that he ,i
r"' a:';:"Hr 10 he any The worse for .ii,
cpHi"ihrit aud hard work OF he wccl,
81" Wa content to stand quietly 10y Will,
hu>ne-- matters were discussed. .;h.
a"nid i:ivn funcicd that Henry WI
rather RESTLESS under The lucsti0nin. e.
which IL" wa, subjected.
':ni ~ ;;;at hIr. IIullet appeared saii--
il'"i. ar'i IA" would have lci The WAY li.-
'i"ora. s.i nos. in eager haste. .hc Nu,ltu
IAN poured forth the tidings ic i;,
'',,,'n !i!rni'.. 10 tell.
"s;:',, n,,'.s for YOU, father MOTH.
lar what do you think has happrIr~!
sr'' hi''f' Srn; for me- the other cscnin
'"' "ii' i..N hat that is not Il very M.
'nun'"" "'grrcncr. and Henry AID
ir r.iil i.iicrchanged amused smile.
't Ni- a.:iiy lfallcL was one of the fus.
'''-l al ii.d'icn ladios. "Shr sent for mo
i.1' 80 rii,;li' introduce me to SOME new
'iat"n from over tho sea. You had n,
r'! Papa, who di0d rot long after
~ =. '''i;,jher?"
lis i..Ii.', did not Immediately reply.
;r p" i.'.i he'd ~ halfbrothcr. whop,
80. di~p..-iti0i had induced him 70
uuitiol md sal, away with il
After many wnn'!ciings lie
t',inntli and married.
i. H,!ucci him 10 be silent rc-
tr mistakes he had made. tho
i'.''', tu;t had bcf:iilcu him: but
.-f.'t' tisn death OF the ciicr Mr..
:, ,r,ft.s.r rts.,.itp., Ep,,lnnf
,''tdl - farm dill moi pay, aud its
49,; .'l'' trnrglinG with sickness IL
'"ii-.i ~. usllnv"riblc e",;ion. Offers 81
..r.tr srn', bat they were ,lo.,i,.u
."-'c' 4, were repeated 10 Tom i.al-
''+ v'..."w, AMI '-.-:,i:i. but .aorc ir.ta-
,.i!!y refused. Since that time. lon
''rs ago, no IN. crcoursc hat: been l;c,.
~ ~ ccn the iuniiicS what. then, q:
i"fi, incaag
IL WEB 20 M uncle Toms cl,!c!
daughters Aunt Mary introduced, ,,r
l',y are tall, bright. Handsome uirle
''"frH aud frank and unaffected. YET t.uiir
laiH-likc ns my sister, Eva and Emma.
'aH have lod IL busy life. WORKING
"ilh their mother II free the farn Of lis
'..rdiahrincr.,. Their labor, have l.o,l,
>'nr'rs~i ul they are prosporiny 1T last
,id so thoy have felt themselves, Justified
! taking trip to England. 10 make
.rIua!rtan'M with their kindred"
And crossed the Atlantic alone" ex-
claimed Mrs. IIallct.
Oh. no. they camo under the wing
'' q. !ri,nd. The elderly lady who took
ii."i,'ir Ann; Mary's. They have fn.ci.
',;t.d hcr. audi" Henry .nrnc, to his
-ii"'i father. land | think nli sure
YEA VIII like your nicccs. sir--ihcy are
'''':.rinins .,irls."
Hn; III. ilaIlct put out his hands. cry
ins iHarsrir Keep them away fror,
nnl sri! not havr them her..t'
..a,i So -.!,ing he went quietly intotho
koNsr Whilhrr his wife would have fol-
to""i IL 's,r son had not detained her.
'Moil'ri. what does this mcnn?" he
asked. Is my father worsny Is i. nos
''itlr Thai i''' knows what he Is, saving?
IL ':.;Nrr lad any quarrel With Uncle
''on,. did he? Then what could have
h'as!e ii'n ;'l.,nk SO strangcly:"
~ 10 moi know; perhaps q sudden
-lm-,n must go To him."
All. Sc, 80. and beg OF him TO OK
liain iiin';cii. for they arc coming here.
these cousins of mine. l told them in
your name and my fathers. that they
wo'id bc Welcome; and so | Thought
tii,E wcnld How can meet them
again? hos tell them"
And then. grooming in his Impotence
ana alarm, Henry hurried his mother in.
II.
On Monday morning Mr. Ha.lct pro.
uo'nc''i himself able 10 20 to business.
they would have piticd hill hn,! they
k0"wn What u Sunday he had spent.
,hut;i:iS hilsscli away from has lainily
tccan*o every questioning look tEey
turned upon him seemed Ia pierce II.
heart and lay bare that which he hid
With. II.
les. the upright. honorable John Hal.
let had 4 secret that he had buric,, 80
drai, down as to be sometimes forgotten,
tn,.l :, chance word or recollection would
bring II hack TO his memory. lie had {,
trouble of which no ono knew anyt:ii,.,:
b.it ,>!l Lisi,cth. and even She did not
suspect liz nature
Ia ;,il honesty OF purpose she had told
hin. as hc stood by his mothers coffin.
Tia! Madam dearest wish had been 10
soc her uIscnt son Tom.
| tl..nk she had n message for him.
l-,-l.ct!, ad,lcl--"n written one l know
tliat ,l:; before your good father died,
shn ,sas talking to him of Master Tom
ami heard her say she WIS sure he
wonld come back If he could como to the
Niii l:oEI"
bid si," wish my father to will this
u.,l-t.tt, him - ns.I.nfi .Inhn II.lI,t